“A lot of people are asking me that question, as you can imagine,” Wendy Davis responded during the nationally televised event at the National Press Club. “I’m working very hard … to decide. I will run for two offices — either my state Senate seat or the governor.”
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“I will be a cheerleader working for her success,” said HarrisCounty Sheriff Adrian Garcia. “She has become the voice of women, but she’s also become the voice of Texans who want a better opportunity.”
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Texas on the Potomac welcomes political commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we are pleased to share a column by TxPotomac regular Jason Stanford, a Democratic consultant in Austin. — Denise Romano would make a lousy terrorist. She has a severe chronic refractory cough that causes her to pass out several times a day. […]
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“Texas state leaders have broken faith with the very people who entrusted them with the rich resources of our great state,” Wendy Davis told dozens of enthusiastic supporters crowded into the D.C. bar. “They now serve to enrich their friends and their own narrow political agenda, and not much else.”
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“Sen. Wendy Davis has done a wonderful job for Texas. Now, not only are North Texans cheering Wendy on, but people all across our great state and nation,” Rep. Marc Veasey, a fellow Fort Worth Democrat, said Thursday.
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Davis, who vaulted to national fame after her 11-hour filibuster temporarily blocked an abortion bill, hinted to new outlets that she would take “a second look” at the 2014 gubernatorial race, but a GOP strategist said her outlook is dim for a statewide race.
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If Americans witness their government abusing power, wouldn’t you want them to speak up? Molly Ivins used to jokingly call the gallery the “owners’ box” because that’s where the special interest lobbyists sat to survey the proceedings. As last Tuesday stretched noisily into Wednesday, the howling protestors were acting like they owned the place. In fact, they did.
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